Stars line up for Buenos Aires 200km

The 3M Argentinean TC 2000 Championship’s endurance event takes place this weekend, taking place earlier this year, switching from November to August, as well as changing circuit location to the Autódromo Roberto Mouras.

For the event, championship leader Matías Rossi is joined by former TC 2000 regular Martín Basso, a long time driver at the Ford-YPF team in order to help bolster his championship chances. The Toyota driver leads the standings by 40 points over Honda’s Leonel Pernía, who will be joined for this year’s event by Omar Martinez.

Argentinean star Esteban Guerrieri, currently competing in the IndyCar feeder series the Indy Lights, will also be racing for Toyota, pairing up with Mariano Werner in the No.5 TTA Corolla.

The Chevrolet team will again receive support from Chevrolet’s World Touring Car drivers, this time with Rob Huff joining the team. Alain Menu, who has won the event before will pair up with Christian Ledesma, whilst WTCC points leader Huff will race with the Chevrolet TC 2000 team’s newest driver and latest race winner, Agustín Canapino.

Carlos ‘Cacá’ Bueno, the Brazilian Stock Car driver who also raced at the opening round of the WTCC season, scoring a podium in the new Chevrolet Cruze, will also be competing at the Buenos Aires 200km. The Brazilain driver will join the top placed Fiat driver Emiliano Spataro.

Another name from the past taking part is TC 2000 regular and former Formula 1 driver Esteban Tuero. Tuero will be racing with Guido Falaschi in the independent Sportteam Competición Renault Fluence. The Fluence in the hands of Falaschi won last time out at Rio Hondo.

French sports car veteran Nicolas Minassian returns to the event with the Peugeot Cobra Team, where he joins Juan Cruz Álvarez in the Peugeot 307.

38 cars are scheduled to take part in this weekend’s race.

Entry List for the 2011 Buenos Aires 200km

No – Driver 1/Driver 2 – Team – Car
1 – Norberto Fontana/Marco Gomes – Ford-YPF – Ford Focus
2 – Juan Manuel Silva/Jorge Trebbiani – Ford-YPF – Ford Focus
3 – Leonel Pernía/Omar Martinez – Equipo Petrobras – Honda Civic
4 – Mariano Altuna/Juliano Moro – Equipo Petrobras – Honda Civic
5 – Mariano Werner/Esteban Guerrieri – Toyota Team Argentina – Toyota Corolla
6 – Matías Rossi/Martín Basso – Toyota Team Argentina – Toyota Corolla
7 – Emiliano Spataro/Cacá Bueno – Equipo Fiat Oil Combustibles – Fiat Linea
8 – Gabriel Ponce de León/Emanuel Moriattis – Equipo Fiat Oil Combustibles – Fiat Linea
9 – Nestor Girolami/Matías Russo – Equipo Petrobras – Honda Civic
10 – Nazareno López/Gustavo Micheloud – Equipo Petrobras – Honda Civic
11 – Christian Ledesma/Alain Menu – Equipo Oficial Chevrolet – Chevrolet Cruze
12 – Agustín Canapino/Rob Huff – Equipo Oficial Chevrolet – Chevrolet Cruze
14 – Facundo Ardusso/Ricardo Risatti – Peugeot Cobra Team – Peugeot 307
15 – Juan Cruz Álvarez/Nicolas Minassian – Peugeot Cobra Team – Peugeot 307
16 – Mauro Gialombardo/Carlos Okulovich – Renault LoJack Team – Renault Fluence
17 – Guillermo Ortelli/Luis José Di Palma – Renault LoJack Team – Renault Fluence
19 – Fabian Yannantuoni/Juan Batista de Benedictis – Ford-YPF – Ford Focus
20 – Bernardo Llaver/Ricardo Mauricio – Toyota Team Argentina – Toyota Corolla
21 – Ignacio Char/Camilo Echevarria – Toyota Team Argentina – Toyota Corolla
25 – Leandro Carducci/Ernesto Bessone – DP1 Team – Ford Focus
26 – Matias Munoz Marchessi/Marcelo Bugliotti – Peugeot Cobra Team – Peugeot 307
28 – Daniel Belli/Adrian Chiriano – Lanus Motorsport – Peugeot 307
30 – Javier Manta/Esteban Gini – Fineschi Racing – Honda Civic
31 – Oscar Fineschi/Pablo Otero – Fineschi Racing – Honda Civic
32 – Ruben Salerno/Jorge Cerócimo – JM Motorsport – Volkswagen Bora
33 – Gonzalo Fernandez/Juan Manuel Centurion – JM Motorsport – Volkswagen Bora
34 – Franco Coscia/Fabricio Pezzini – Orbis Serguros Racing – Honda Civic
35 – Damian Fineschi/German Suarez – Orbis Serguros Racing – Honda Civic
36 – Emiliano López/Ezequiel Bosio – Equipo Fiat Oil Combustibles – Fiat Linea
37 – José María López/Diego Aventín – Equipo Fiat Oil Combustibles – Fiat Linea
38 – Nicolás Traut/Nicolas Ursprung – Riva Racing – Honda Civic
39 – Franco Riva/Fernando Etchegorry – Riva Racing – Honda Civic
40 – Guido Falaschi/Esteban Tuero – Spotteam Competición – Renault Fluence
41 – Martin Serrano/Felipe Mulahy – Sportteam Competición – Renault Fluence
46 – Daniel Fresnero/Ignacio Moreira – Uruguay En Carrera – Peugeot 307
48 – Eduardo Bracco/Gustavo der Ohannessian – Vitelli Competicion – Renault Mégane
49 – Sebastien Martinez/Alejandro Chawan – Vitelli Competicion – Renault Mégane
50 – Pedro Gentile/Gaston Crusitta – JP Racing – Chevrolet Vectra